Adolescent Use of Social Networking to Gain Sexual Health Information

Despite national health initiatives to decrease sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in adolescents, they remain at high risk. Barriers exist for adolescents seeking sexual health information. They spend a great deal of time using the internet to obtain information and socialize. A social networking site for adolescents, Teen Sexual Health Information, that provides STI information was developed and evaluated in a Midwestern metropolitan county with high rates of adolescent STIs. This project aimed to provide confidential and accurate STI information via the Facebook social networking site to help adolescents make informed decisions about sexual health.